ALIA NEWS

• Proposals to present at ALIA Information Online 2013
• New ALIA Executive Director, Sue McKerracher

• ALIA membership renewals
• PD Scheme members become Certified Practitioners
• ALIA Training
• ALIA recruitLIS is the place for library jobs

• Unmesh Unconference
• LIANZA Conference 2012
• River of Opportunities
• New Librarians' Symposium 2013
• ALIA Information Online 2013

ALIA NEWS

Proposals to present at ALIA Information Online 2013

New ALIA Executive Director, Sue McKerracher

ALIA REMINDERS

ALIA membership renewals

PD Scheme members become Certified Practitioners

ALIA Training

ALIA recruitLIS is the place for library jobs

OTHER NEWS

• Libraries around Australia are embracing NYR initiative The Reading Hour and encouraging families to share a book for 10 minutes a day, an hour a week. Libraries can download a count-down widget to embed in their website.
  http://www.love2read.org.au/nyr-stuff.cfm
  http://www.thereadinghour.org.au/


• Nominations are open for the Institute of Public Administration Australia (IPAA) awards for excellence in public sector management. See the Prime Minister's IPAA national awards or local awards in your state or territory. Applications close 24 August 2012.
  http://www.act.ipaa.org.au/Prime-Ministers-Awards/pms-awards-att-b.html


• Moreland City Libraries rugged up for winter when hit by a very creative yarn storming spree.
  http://preprints.wordpress.com/2012/07/04/when-a-library-is-hit-by-a-yarn-storm/?fwcc=1&fwcl=1&fwl


• Presentations from the recent Baby Boomers seminar at the State Library of Victoria and the Libmark Workshop on adult learning and literacy are available from the PLVN website.
  http://www.plvn.net.au/node/102


• The My Languages website presents case studies of programs run in public libraries, along with tools and resources to assist with developing multicultural services.
  http://www.mylanguage.gov.au/resources-and-ideas.html


• The October issue of inCite will focus on how to ensure libraries remain relevant to their community. We want to share stories from public libraries about their evolving role. Deadline for this issue is 1 September 2012 or get in early for the November issue on the politics of our industry.
  http://www.alia.org.au/publishing/incite/deadlines.html

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

• The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Global Libraries initiative, Access to Learning Award, rewards innovative efforts of public libraries or similar organisations outside the United States to connect people to information through free access to computers and the Internet. Applications close 30 September 2012. Australia's Northern Territory Library won the award in 2007.
  http://www.gatesfoundation.org/ATLA/Pages/access-to-learning-award-overview.aspx


• IFLA has released their Statement on Visually Impaired and Print Disabled Persons.
  http://www.ifla.org/en/news/ifla-statement-on-visually-impaired-and-print-disabled-persons


• This list of the 25 libraries we most love on Pinterest showcases some great public libraries. Lets work on getting a few from Australia next time around.
  http://oedb.org/library/beginning-online-learning/25-libraries-we-most-love-on-pinterest


• The book club that launched so many international bestsellers, Oprah's Book Club, has relaunched in digital format for eBook readers.
  http://www.oprah.com/packages/oprahs-book-club-2.html

PROFESSIONAL READING

• The Australian Social Inclusion Board has launched Social inclusion in Australia: How Australia is faring, 2nd edition.
  http://www.socialinclusion.gov.au/resources/how-australia-faring


• The Australian Centre for Local Government Excellence background paper Strengthening local government revenue analyses local governments' financial performance and capacity.
  http://www.acelg.org.au/news-detail.php?id=254


• NASLA has released the Literacy and learning advocacy report on research to identify successful projects that have produced recognition and attracted funding in the literacy and learning sphere, and which exemplify best practice in current NSLA and other partnerships.
  http://www.nsla.org.au/publication/literacy-and-learning-advocacy-report


• ALIA members are able to freely access the ProQuest database of LIS full text journals.
  http://www.alia.org.au/onlineLISresources/
  
  My top picks for public library articles for this month are:
  
  
  • Hill, Heather. 2012. "A Look at Public Library Management Outsourcing." Public Libraries, 42-47.
  
  
  • Peckham, Amanda. 2012. "Many Interests, One Group: Creating and Celebrating History in a Modern Environment." Australasian Public Libraries and Information Services 25 (2): 76-82.
  
  
  • Wawro, Larence. 2012. "Digital Storytelling More than the Sum of its Parts." Children & Libraries 10 (1): 50-52.
  
  

CONFERENCES AND EXHIBITIONS

Unmesh Unconference

LIANZA Conference 2012

River of Opportunities

New Librarians' Symposium 2013

ALIA Information Online 2013

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